NBA: I coach Kobe

The time at halftime passed unusually quickly, and after the half-time of both sides, they once again took their starters.

There was only one player in the first half, that is, Durant played the whole game, and Thunder coach Brooks could realize that without Westbrook, Durant was not on the court, so this game could not be played.

The Thunder’s offense, Durant is also in good shape today.

Facing Nash, Durant took advantage of the height difference and easily sent the ball to the basket with a mid-range jumper.

Back on the defensive end, the Thunder couldn’t do anything at all.

In this attack, the Lakers easily sent the ball in with Howard’s strong deterrent power inside.

The Thunder advanced to the frontcourt.

Reggie Jackson acted as a halfcourt porter and passed the ball to Durant.

The only thing the Thunder can rely on right now is Durant.

Durant stood outside the three-point line.

Ci Shiping, who was defending in front of him, was not very worried, and in this game, Ci Shiping’s restrictions on him were not too great.

He was sure to break through Ci Shiping’s defense.

However, on the inside, Howard is standing there, Howard’s deterrent is still there, and he dare not easily attack the inside.

However, for the sake of safety, he still wanted to play small and big, but the Lakers responded in a timely manner and did not let the Thunder successfully replace it.

So he chose to push a little, in the middle distance, to play singles.

Abdul-Jabbar: “This is Durant’s first singles in the middle distance. ”

Kenny Smith: “This is a new method that Durant developed this year, in this year’s regular season, his attack is still struggling a little, put it at this time, in the face of Ci Shiping’s defense, can he succeed?” ”

Charles Barkley pouted: “There is no doubt that Ci Shiping’s defense should not be underestimated, although he does not limit Durant much in this game, but where his height and weight are, singles may not work, so Durant’s choice may be a mistake.” ”

Sure enough, now in the face of Ci Shiping’s defense, he did not score.

Charles Barkley: “Haha… I just said that Durant’s choice was a mistake, his back single, not fully developed, once faced with defensive ability to pass the line, it will be very unstable! ”

Abdul-Jabbar agreed: “As an insider, I also know that the most important thing in the technique of interior singles is their own strength and height, but Durant does not have such an advantage in the face of Ci Shiping.” ”

Kenny Smith: “Or, Durant can play a little bigger and beat Nash like that offense did!” But I don’t think the Lakers will give him that chance. ”

On the court, Howard protected the defensive rebound, handed the ball to Nash, and ran back to the front court.

This ball, the Lakers still have Howard on the inside, Kobe Bryant is ready to pass the ball on the outside, and Howard finally easily sent the basketball to the basket again.

64:53。

The Lakers are widening the point gap.

“The Thunder are very uncomfortable now, facing Howard’s attack on the inside, they seem to have no way, very powerless!”

“And they’re on the offensive end, relying on Durant alone is a bit of a loner, and they need to find a way to break this situation…”

…………

The Thunder tried several outside shots, but failed.

During this period, the Lakers’ side did hit one after another, without wasting any offensive opportunities.

After a wave of 10:0, the score came to 74:53.

The Lakers’ lead has come to 21 points

At this time, the third quarter of the game was just 6 and a half minutes into the game.

This puts a lot of pressure on the Thunder.

“Didi Di Di !!!”

Thunder head coach Brooks called a timeout.

He has to make a change now, or else…

He didn’t dare to go on and think about it, this game could be lost by more than 30 points at home.

“Brooks, perhaps, I think we need the same defensive play as in the second quarter.” The assistant coach suggested.

Brooks shook his head.

Do you think Brooks doesn’t want to, he thought, but there’s no way, not to mention that it proved in the second quarter that it can’t stop the Lakers, and the players don’t have enough physical strength.

“Then let’s go and pack Howard thoroughly!” The assistant coach continued.

“You mean a thorough bag? Don’t give Howard a chance? ”

Brooks said with a frown.

After thinking for a while, he said: “We can only bet on other people’s hands now, Howard is too easy to score inside like this, it is better to bet on the opposite outside feel is not as accurate as in the first half.” ”

“As long as the Lakers’ outside line is not as accurate as in the first half, we still have hope for this game!”

Immediately, Brooks made adjustments to the players.

Collison, who was better at Howard’s bag in the first half, was replaced by Perkins.

Brooks’ approach is rather a broken can to bet on the Lakers’ inaccurate outside line, rather than betting on Kobe Bryant.

“Collison, it’s still up to you to defend Howard, you have to go around the front like in the second quarter, and as for the back, leave it to Ibaka to wrap up… Ibaka, you can’t go any more than one step behind Howard, as long as Gasol is not under the basket, you can empty him! ”

“As for the offensive end, continue to create small opportunities for Kevin, if not, give Reggie to shoot outside to finish!!!”

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The pause time ends.

When Howard returned to the court, he found that Collison, who had returned to defend himself, seemed to be in a different position than Perkins before.

Another round-forward defense in the second quarter.

And he noticed that Ibaka was now, putting Gasol very open, and his attention was always on this side, and he knew that once the ball passed, he would definitely be trapped.

“But will they just let Gasol go?”

Nash is one of the best point guards in the world and has a very good ability to read games.

He beckoned Gasol to come out and block the demolition.

At this moment, Ibaka was embarrassed.

Whether he goes out or not.

Gasol’s mid-range shots are capable of shooting in one hand.

In desperation, he could only choose to follow out.

Nash broke through the box and Howard opened up space at the right time.

Faced with the choice of defending Nash or continuing to defend Gasol, Ibaka chose the latter.

In this case, Nash’s front was smooth, naturally, an easy layup, scoring 2 points.